DAVID "DAVEY" M. JONES, 94
A member of the Doolittle Raiders died Nov. 25th. On April 1942, a group of B-25 bombers took off from an aircraft carrier and launched an attack on Tokyo that did wonders for US morale and seriously upset the Japanese psyche.
These men all knew it was a one-way trip and that there was not going to be enough fuel to return to the carrier.
Jones and his crew bailed out over China and Jones, with the aid of Chinese people, was able to get back to the US.
Another Doolittle survivor, Ed Horton, Jr., died last week in Florida.
Jones was later shot down in North Africa in December 1942 and spent two and a half years as a POW at Stalag Luft III and led a digging team in the Harry tunnel in the even later known as the Great Escape.
Nov. 29th Arizona Daily Star.
From Dec. 5th San Antonio Express-News. Jones was born in Oregon and grew up in Tucson. Graduated from Univ. of Arizona. Commanded the No. 5 bomber of the 16 B-25s and took off from the USS Hornet to attack Tokyo and four other cities. Later rose to the rank of Major General in the US Air Force.
MARSHALL "MAC" McCLOUD, 89
Was buried at the Tennessee Veterans Cemetery after serving a long time as the chairman of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association in the state.
On Dec. 7th, he was a technical sergeant with the 34th Combat Engineers and claims that they fired the first shots of the US in the battle. They were ordered to Schofield Barracks, but only made it as far as Wheeler Field.
The Greatest Generation.
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